AUTHORED BY TANA L. PEDERSEN (FROM ANCESTRY.COM) Have you forgotten how to assign a portrait to an individual? Or have you attached a photo to the wrong person and can’t remember how to unlink them? In part 2 of “How Do I Do That?” I’ll give some quick tips to help with your media items.… Read more

With the release of the third film in the Twilight saga on the horizon, you can imagine our shock and delight when our researchers made the discovery that heart-throb Robert Pattinson, from our neck of the woods in London, is related to Vlad III Dracula – the man that inspired Bram Stocker’s character Dracula in… Read more

Military records are among our most popular collections. For many family historians, unearthing tales of war heroes is the most rewarding part of their research. So, I thought I should let you know about some fascinating, and extremely useful, additions to our repertoire. First up is a heart-wrenching record set from the Second Boer War.… Read more

AUTHORED BY TANA L. PEDERSEN (FROM ANCESTRY.COM) Sometimes it’s the easiest tasks that stump us—or is that just me? Whether it’s renaming one of my trees or checking for software updates, I have the tendency to forget how to do some simple procedures unless I do them on a regular basis. Here are some of my… Read more

Sorry, I don’t bring news of another exciting record collection. Instead, I thought I should introduce myself. My name is Russell James, and I’m in the midst of my second week working for Ancestry. Some of you may have come across my name before, and indeed I’ve probably spoken to many of you. My previous job… Read more

Exciting news for Ancestry members with Swedish heritage – Ancestry.com Inc, parent company of Ancestry.co.uk, has just announced that it has agreed to acquire Genline.se, the leading Swedish genealogy website. We hope that the deal will complete sometime next month and we will then let you know how Ancestry members will be able to access… Read more

As England fans eagerly anticipated the kick-off of England vs. USA in the World Cup on Saturday and the rest of us sat back to enjoy (or dread) the football world’s jewel in the crown, I started to think about how footballers and more importantly their wives and girlfriends (WAGs), dominated our media and grabbed… Read more

This week I’m at the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When I attend international events such as this, I’m always struck by the enthusiasm and passion for historical records and research, which seems to unite both archivists and researchers the world over. At this conference, Ancestry launched a new… Read more

Who’s Who in the World, 1910-1911, features profiles of 4,000 international celebrities from a century ago; including royalty, actors, artists and business tycoons. The directory of biographies, which detail almost 4,000 entries of both famous and infamous people from over 20 countries, reveal uncanny similarities between the lives of celebrities 100 years ago and today.… Read more

We launched over one million Nova Scotian birth, marriage and death indexes between 1763 and 1957 this week – a collection of huge significance to anyone with an ancestor who emigrated to Nova Scotia or other parts of Canada. And as a significant number of Scottish names that can be found, I decided to dig… Read more